MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH111 : Cosmos sulphureus Cav. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 251 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Occasional in Chikhaldara on hill slope among grasses | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | orange cosmos, sulphur cosmos, yellow cosmos | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Bidens artemisiifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze [Illegitimate] Bidens artemisiifolia f. grandiflora Kuntze Bidens sulfurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip. Bidens sulphurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip. Coreopsis artemisifolia Sessé & Moc. [Illegitimate] Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq. Cosmea sulphurea Willd. Cosmos artemisiifolius (Jacq.) M.R.Almeida Cosmos aurantiacus Klatt Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus Sherff Cosmos sulphureus var. hirsuticaulis Sherff |
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| Description : | The orange cosmos is becoming increasingly popular for its ease of growth, spectacular flowers and attractiveness to butterflies. Orange cosmos has rich green feathery foliage that is coarser than that of the common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) but is just as pretty. Depending on variety and conditions, yellow cosmos will grow anywhere from 1 to 7 ft in height. Whatever the height, each plant will produce quantities of solitary, bowl-shaped yellow to orange flowers that are 2-3 in (in diameter. 'Bright Lights' is a popular collection of single and double selections in colors that range from bright canary yellow to orange to a beautiful dark mahogany. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | consumed in salads or herbal tea with the effect of inhibiting pancreatic lipase. high dose of paracetamol extract of the plant has a Hepatoprotective effect. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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